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Imagine this. You are the premier of the Cayman Islands or the British Virgin Islands. You have been trying your hardest to continue to develop your nation’s economy. With British support and encouragement over a long period, the nation’s financial services and tourism sectors have flourished.

I admit to a love of donuts. In recent months I have exercised a valiant effort to control my appetite for those treats as I am on a weight loss ethic to get the extra pounds off my damaged vertebrae discs. Recently I heard a comparison of a liberal government to a donut shop: The donut shop advertised free...

The debate over our future growth is raging and there are two distinct schools of thought. One is for a free market system that would see the government open the doors to development and population growth and the other held by some people is very ‘protectionist’ – an attempt to control all aspects of...

I am guilty and I admit it. It happened the better part of 30 years ago. I had just returned home from the TCI accompanied by Yvette and my two sons Tom and Steve. I was thinking about that trip and the then promise of the TCI while driving north on the Florida Turnpike at 5 mph under the speed limit.

As a last ditch effort to educate, inform and enlighten the residents of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) and the wider world, and in spite of my promise of hiatus; I now go back on my word and with prejudice give this review on the Payroll Tax Bill 2014. Review of the “A Strategy for Recovery” (document)...

Our folks went back to Canada trying to round up tourists but I believe they are wasting their time. The country of Canada is the biggest North American territory but only has 10% of the population of the USA. Most Canadians drive to Florida for vacations. I love Canadians; two of my children and two grandchildren...

Recently, the Turks and Caicos Islands government became a contributing territory to the University of the West Indies. This debate has been around for decades as to whether the government should or should not become a contributing territory to the university. Some years ago, this was done but only with...

Gordon Lewis, in his book “Main currents in Caribbean thought”, states that different European colonising groups put their distinctive mark upon different Caribbean colonies, and this is shown by the fact that, in the British islands, abolition by parliamentary edict made possible the future development of...

We have reclaimed our throne. We are once more the proud descendants of the kings and queens of Africa, and this means no more “Yes Massa” or “No Massa.” This means I am no longer in servitude to you. I am free and I am going to let you know that I am free. My job may mean that I may have to...

The Caribbean middle class has taken control of, and directed politics in the Caribbean since the post-emancipation period. It was the inspiration behind the formation of trade unions, political parties, and most of the major decisions that have been made that have shaped Caribbean life up to the present.

We in the Caribbean have inherited the Westminster system of government, characterised by the rule of law, competitive party politics, the independence of the judiciary, fundamental rights and freedoms for citizens, and designated periods for elections. These are accepted at face value.

The child's story about the big bad wolf is one we need to recall. The story preaches the only way to be safe from the wolf is to build your house strong and of the right materials. The people of Grand Turk and South Caicos faced this after Hurricane Ike. Two families on Middle Caicos who lost their roofs...

Independence for Caribbean states brought to its citizens a sense of liberation, feelings of self-regard and self-worth, and of being somebody in a world previously dominated politically by great power groups, some of which were the previous colonial powers. We envisioned independence as meaning we would...

Caribbean politics in many ways can be regarded as being a closed-minded activity. We as Caribbean people often have our allegiance to political parties pre-determined for us by our political culture, and through political socialisation. Through these processes, our minds from very early are shaped...

“Death and taxes are the only things certain” is now a famous statement by US patriot Ben Franklin. While death is unavoidable, taxes can sometimes be avoided. If government assesses an income tax, you simply avoid having income. Low income persons are hurt the most by taxes. Sometimes they go underground.